Assuming this stuff is the greatest thing since the silicone chip, who owns it? Evidently we paid for it, is it in the public domain?
Neat!
I am sure they will also amp this up by somehow employing graphene into this mix as well.
So how does this efficiency compare to that of silicon based photovoltaics?
Interesting and it sounds promising like all of these ideas and “breakthroughs” do.
There is one guarantee in the world of energy - change. Yesterday, tomorrow, and next year there is innovation and something new. Eventually, there will be new ideas that radically changes energy so much of the “debate” we see today may be meaningless tomorrow.
So it degrades very rapidly when exposed to light, air or water. Just how does one gauge the performance of a solar cell that degrades when exposed to light? And, this question comes from someone who is something of a fan, of the possibilities of solar. This one’s sounding pretty pie in the sky.
bfl perusal
I’m waiting on Beamreach Solar—aka Solexel—to unveil their second generation solar cells this year. Their business model has changed. Hundreds of patents, light weight modules, and solar cells capable of withstanding temperature extremes-what could possibly go wrong in the solar industry? Also they claim the process they use can make extra large wafers of other than silicon materials—super cheap if possible.
I’ve been reading “news” reports like this my whole life. Yet NOTHING ever seems to come of it. Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House 40 years ago. 40 years! Didn’t work then, doesn’t work now. All we ever get are periodic reports of “breakthroughs”, yet there’s still an electric line attached to my house (built over 60 years ago) that runs back to the coal-fired power plant and pipes running back to the nearest natural gas field. I’ve been waiting for the real-world applications of whizz-bang tech-energy “breakthroughs” all my life, and I fear I will never see them implemented before I die. Will it be the same for you too?
Assuming this stuff is the greatest thing since the silicone chip, who owns it? Evidently we paid for it, is it in the public domain?
It does not matter how efficient a solar cell is. There is only so much radiation from the sun.
Major Breakthrough!
Solar cell now 0.000000000001 percent more efficient.
And they re-positioned the Sun for 24 hour coverage.
* cough * junk science * cough *
Perovskite solar cells are made of a mix of organic molecules and inorganic elements that together capture light and convert it into electricity.
The most efficient of these contain lead.
Yeah, that’ll work.
It doesn’t matter if solar cells achieve 100% efficiency. They are only active 50% of the day and most of that time they are not at peak performance due to the position of the sun.
Solar power is the ethanol of the power industry.
I sincerely hope that we will soon be able to get most of our energy from the sun.
The biggest problem today is storage of the sun’s energy till needed. Compare to fossil fuels where the energy can be stored indefinitely. About the only way to store the sun’s energy is via batteries but that is very limited and has many problems.
When it start to be sold w/out ‘incentives’\rebates\taxpayer funder gimmicks, or the utilities start to gripe, THEN I may start to take a gander....
Will it have Bluetooth?
This could change the ball game.